A Political History of Pakistan, 1947-2007

V.Y. Belokrenitsky and V.N. Moskalenko

Describes the political history of Pakistan from the time of Partition to the Musharraf government

The aims and achievements of the successive governments are analyzed with particular attention to the interplay of socio-economic forces and interests

A Political History of Pakistan, 1947-2007

V.Y. Belokrenitsky and V.N. Moskalenko

Description

This book describes the political history of Pakistan from the time of Partition to the Musharraf government. In considerable detail, the authors have described the main features and predominant trends. The aims and achievements of the successive governments are analyzed with particular attention to the interplay of socio-economic forces and interests. The country's foreign policy is examined in the context of the regional and global situation with special regard to the relations between Pakistan and the USSR/Russia.

This is a serious, scholarly narrative regarding the life of the nation. The seven chapters of the book correspond to a specific historical period. The first chapter deals with the struggle for the creation of the new state and the forces driving its emergence. The second chapter analyzes the formative years up to the military coup of 1958, while the third chapter describes in detail the internal and foreign policy of the Ayub Khan administration. In the fourth chapter, the authors single out specific features of the Z.A. Bhutto administration (1971-1977), and in the fifth chapter, they deal with the decade-long rule of General Ziaul Haq. The sixth chapter relates to the study of the 1988-1999 democratic interregnum. The last chapter details the policies during General Pervez Musharraf's rule of the country.

A Political History of Pakistan, 1947-2007

V.Y. Belokrenitsky and V.N. Moskalenko

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements Glossary Introduction 1. Historical Background to the Creation of Pakistan and Emergence of the State2. State Building: First Parliamentary Experience (1947-1958)3. Generals in Power (1958-1971)4. Civil Administration of Z.A. Bhutto (1971-1977)5. The Military-Bureaucratic Regime ofGeneral Ziaul Haq (1977-1988)6. The Period of Parliamentary Democracy (1988-1999)7. General Pervez Musharraf's GovernmentConclusion Chronology Bibliography Index

A Political History of Pakistan, 1947-2007

V.Y. Belokrenitsky and V.N. Moskalenko

Author Information

Vyacheslav Yakovlevich Belokrenitsky is a scholar whose main fields of interest have included the economic and political history of Pakistan, international relations in South and Central Asia, and the demography of the Muslim world. Belokrenitsky is presently Deputy Director of the Institute of Oriental Studies Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow. He is also Head of the Centre for the Study of Near and Middle Eastern Countries at the Institute.

Vladimir Nikolaevich Moskalenko is presently Chief Research Associate at the Institute of Oriental Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences. Moskalenko has also served as Professor at the M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State (National) University. His main areas of interest include the political history of Pakistan; Islam in Pakistan; and the foreign policies of Pakistan, Afghanistan, India, and the Central Asian Republics.